After Portland's Naked Bike Ride, a $566K Lawsuit

Riders and spectators join in Portland's World Naked Bike Ride on Saturday, June 24, 2017, an approximately seven-mile ride that begins in the northeast part of town. Temperatures at the start were near... (Stephanie Yao Long//The Oregonian via AP)

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A bicyclist is suing the city of Portland for $566,000 after he hit a pair of concrete islands on his way home from the World Naked Bike Ride, causing him to crash and break his nose, arm, and two fingers, the AP reports. According to the Oregonian, the lawsuit states that a fully-clothed Charles Ziemer was pedaling back to his car after participating in the June 2016 ride when his wheels suddenly struck the islands. The lawsuit faults the city for failing to put reflectors or lights on the islands and situating them in a travel lane. An employee at the Portland city attorney's office says the city doesn't comment on pending litigation. The suit seeks $66,000 in medical bills, plus $500,000 for pain and suffering. (Read more World Naked Bike Ride stories.)

Obviously the city didn't settle and believe they are in the right to not to have to illuminate and mark every single possible hazard for bike riders along a street. I mean just look at Vegas. The east/west roads have a bike and bus lane. None of the north/south roads have that and Vegas prefers you ride on the sidewalk. But they put power poles right in the middle of the sidewalk. And are any of them illuminated or marked? Nope! Bus/bike https://www.google.com/maps/place/Las+Vegas,+NV/@36.1146996,-115.1358428,42m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80beb782a4f57dd1:0x3accd5e6d5b379a3!8m2!3d36.1699412!4d-115.1398296 pole in sidewalk https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1051038,-115.1511597,3a,31.9y,10.94h,87.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQge3TJnew8Q41ZCBZoL_eQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

TheJman

Feb 4, 2018 2:07 PM CST

Stupid liberals and their weird sexual fetishes.

scottinnh

Feb 4, 2018 12:49 PM CST

"The suit seeks $66,000 in medical bills" If we were like every other first world nation and many of the second world ones everyone's medical care would just be covered and you wouldn't have to sue someone. There wouldn't be a discussion of of whether NFL players deserve health care for life, because everyone would get health care for life.